my deal with gamespot is they're reviews tend to be sporadic these days. They'll review some games and completely ignore others. Along with quite a few other gripes, gamespot has pretty much dropped off the radar as far as i'm concerned. IGN, 1UP are my mainstays now. The only thing I wish IGN would do more often is the at a glance ratings.

As far as reviews go, I use them as a loose basis to whether I should get a game or not. If I genre I like gets a low rating i'll still consider it, tho i'll rent instead of buy. If it's a genre I don't generally like but it looked good, and the review is less than 8 ill probably miss it altogether if its more I'll condsider renting it. But reviews bias does have a place in game reviews and some games you just won't like anyway. I didn't care for GTA4 but it got 10s everywhere. Well, I loved just doing whatever for a while but I couldnt get into the mission.Thats my take on it